Let’s set a new standard for social interactions - moving beyond our freeze responses and our snarky comebacks. Let’s clarify the intentions of others directly, and not veer away or walk around what we think is being said, what might be meant, because we are afraid of misinterpreting them.

Recently I got an full immersion experience into what it means to work at the edge of my comfort zone and expand into my yesses. When I was invited to be a guest on Marianne Combs' show on Minnesota Public Radio along with Resmaa Menakem to talk about anger in the public sphere, I responded with an enthusiastic yes.

Reading it again, I was surprised to find myself arguing with my own handout, and realized that I wanted to talk about how taking an Integral Communication approach has become increasingly important to me.